Brennan drew similarities between the light-academia aesthetic and cottagecore, which is also rooted in small pleasures — though not exclusively deriving from education. As such, light academia ...

In Tumblr’s 2021 Year in Review, dark academia was the second-most popular aesthetic on the site, and light academia was ... like all the images of formal clothing and old buildings." ...

the light-academia aesthetic. As the name indicates, this trend is a gentler take on dark academia, with a crop of softer colours — think cream, brown, beige, and white — in lighter fabrics.

From Instagram to TikTok, and thanks to fictional characters like "Euphoria"'s Lexi and shows like "Gossip Girl," the dark-academia aesthetic has ... for loafers for a light-academia-inspired ...